Hoyer Was Only Going to Play For McDaniels After NE
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Brian Hoyer has been in the National Football League a long time.
An undrafted free agent out of Michigan State, Hoyer was signed by the New England Patriots in 2009.
Hoyer since had three different stints with the Patriots, having been in New England for seven-plus seasons.
Especially in the last few seasons, Hoyer became well acquainted with Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels and his system as an offensive coordinator in New England.
Because of that, the decision of where the next chapter of the veteran quarterback's career would take place was rather simple when he was released by New England in March.
"I mean look, when I got released from New England, there was only one place that I was going to play and that was for Josh [McDaniels]," Hoyer told reporters on Wednesday. "I wasn't going to go learn a new system, learn a new verbiage. So, when the opportunity presented itself, it was something that I didn't want to pass up.
"He's a great leader, and not just with him, but the staff that I've worked with before who are out here are all guys I love and have gone to battle with and been in those tough situations, and there's no people I trust more than Josh and Bo [Hardegree] and Mick [Lombardi] and Carmen [Bricillo] and Jerry [Schuplinski]. I mean, those are all guys who -- you talked about like what are you going to miss -- it's the time with coaches like that where you learn so much, they open your eyes to so much. So, I just feel fortunate the opportunity came up."
Hoyer enters his 14th season in the NFL. He has played for the Patriots, the Arizona Cardinals, the Cleveland Browns, the Houston Texans, the Chicago Bears, the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts.
In his career, Hoyer has 10,668 passing yards and 53 touchdowns in 76 games.
The Silver and Black open the preseason by hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT.
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